The Cuban missile crisis appears to have been most directly the outgrowth of ____________________.
A. Castro's belief that the missile installations would bring jobs and spending to help the depressed Cuban economy
B. President Kennedy's anti-Castro projects, which led both Khrushchev and Castro to believe that the United States was planning an invasion
C. Castro's desire to win status and respect throughout Latin America
D. Khrushchev's determination to make Soviet inroads into Latin America
Answer: B
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